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Soil macrofauna diversity as a key element for building sustainable agriculture in Argentine Pampas
(Gauthier-Villars/Editions Elsevier, 2018-08)
The agricultural activity in the Argentine Pampas, characterized by an important trend towards no-till soybean monocropping, has completely transformed the original Pampas landscape into a monotonous scenario with a ...
Overall evaluation of artichoke leftovers: Agricultural measurement and bioactive properties assessed after green and low-cost extraction methods
(Elsevier, 2021-06)
Globe artichoke is rich in nutrients and phenolic compounds. However, nearly 85% of its biomass is discarded following harvest. To propose a scalable and economically attractive process for the revalorization of this ...
Earthworms contribute to ecosystem process in no-till systems with high crop rotation intensity in Argentina
(Gauthier-Villars/Editions Elsevier, 2019-07)
In the Pampas region of Argentina agriculture is dominated by intensive no-till (NT) soybean cropping which produce negative consequences on soil quality. A group of farmers started to use the Good Agricultural Practices ...
Differentiation of argentine propolis from different species of bees and geographical origins by UV spectroscopy and chemometric analysis
(Elsevier, 2018-09)
Bees collect vegetal resins that they mix with their wax and mechanical impurities to elaborate propolis, whose chemical composition is complex and variable depending on botanical/geographical origin, type of bee, time of ...
Chapter 6 - Azospirillum
(Academic Press, 2020-05)
The genus Azospirillum belongs to the α-subclass of Proteobacteria and has been considered an important genus among the plant growth-promoting bacteria. The occurrence of Azospirillum species is widespread in the environment, ...
Selection and yield optimisation of a Beauveria bassiana isolate for the biological control of leaf cutter ants
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2018-07)
Leaf cutter ants are one of the most important pests to agriculture and forestry in the Neotropics. One environmentally friendly solution to control them is biological control with the use of conidia of some fungi, such ...
Facing global change: the millennium challenge for plant scientists
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2018-10)
We entered the Anthropocene with the industrial revolution. This geological era is defined by the unprecedented impact of human activities on the planet's geochemical cycles, making us the main driving force of Earth ...
Pesticides in the real world: The consequences of GMO-based intensive agriculture on native amphibians.
(Elsevier, 2019-12)
Pesticide use has been suggested as one of the major drivers of the global amphibian decline. Laboratory andmesocosm studies have addressed several questions to understand the mechanism by which pesticides causedetrimental ...
On the relation between monocultures and ecosystem services in the Global South: a review
(Elsevier BVNetherlands, 2023)
Point of no return? Rehabilitating desgraded soils for increased crop productivity on samllholder farmas in eastern Zimbabwe
(2015-02)
Soil degradation is a major threat to Southern Africa's agricultural production. Crops show generally weak responses to mineral fertilizers on degraded soils. A three-year study was conducted between 2009 and 2012 on ...